The Glass Cabinet

1944

Worden Day

Associated Names
Worden Day

Artist, American, 1916 - 1986

The image shows a large wooden cabinet filled with various items as the central focus. A figure with a solemn expression stands behind the cabinet, partially obscured by it, with only their head visible. The color palette consists of contrasting dark and light shades, primarily black, white, and grey tones. The cabinet dominates the foreground with some elements, such as clouds, painted directly on the wall to the right. The figure, with distinct angular features, is positioned just behind the cabinet, appearing to peer from behind its top.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on wove Vidalon paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Harriet Dick Speer

  • Dimensions

    image: 40.9 × 30.6 cm (16 1/8 × 12 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 56.5 × 40.8 cm (22 1/4 × 16 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.141.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sigmund and Anne Hudson, Savannah, GA; Harriet Speer, Savannah, GA; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"Wordon Day '44" lower right margin, graphite. "The Glass Cabinet" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "3/20 Imp." lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "5 in. Bottom" lower center margin, graphite, artist's hand. "4 1/4 in. sides" center left and center right margins, graphite, artist's hand. "1/2 in. of [illeg.] mat to show." center right margin, graphite, artist's hand.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

"Vidalon" lower left margin.

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